Nathalie Press
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Nathalie Press (born 15 August 1980) is an English actress probably best known for her award-winning performance in My Summer of Love (2004). She is sometimes erroneously credited as Natalie Press. Her Height is 5'1" (155cm)
[edit] Career
Her first credited role was in a 2001 episode of the BBC TV series Holby City.
Her film debut and first lead role was in the short Wasp (2003), which went on to win the Oscar for best short film in 2005. For her work in My Summer of Love she was recognised by the London Film Critics Circle and the Evening Standard British Film Awards. She appeared as Caddy Jellyby/Turveydrop in the acclaimed BBC serialisation of Dickens’ Bleak House (2005).
In 2006 Press starred in Josh Appignanesi's short EX MEMORIA, produced by Oscar-winning producer Mia Bays, a moving tale about a woman with Alzheimers. Press starred as the young version of the character Eva. The short was nominated for British Independent Film Award for Best UK Short.
She will next be seen in Red Road (also by the director of Wasp), which won the Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes film festival, and In Transit a World War II drama set in Russia.
[edit] Background
Press is from North London and was a practising Jew until the age of 13.[1] After graduating from university, she worked as an office temp until the success of My Summer of Love.
